The management of constipation in hospital inpatients

British Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 145-147

  Greenfield, Simon M ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH II HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULKING AGENT; ENEMA; LAXATIVE; MACROGOL;

COMORBIDITY; CONSTIPATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; NUTRITION; PATIENT CARE; PERISTALSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; SANITATION; SLEEP DISORDER; SUPPOSITORY;

EID: 33947388799     PISSN: 17508460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/hmed.2007.68.3.22851     Document Type: Review

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